Bollywood's well-known actress Vidya Balan is celebrating her 41st birthday on 1 January. Vidya, who has given many films in Indian cinema with her acting skills, would have known that at one time she used to work on the small screen. Not only this, her character was also not in the lead role. The name of this show was 'Hum Paanch'. She was also one of the 5 actresses working on the show. Bombay-born Vidya's accent was a little Tamilian. Her father P.R. Balan was the Vice President of Digicable and his mother Saraswati Balan was a housewife. According to Vidya, she used to speak a mixed dialect of Tamil and Malayalam at home. She started her career in 1995, after working for many years on TV show 'Hum Paanch', she did a Bengali film called 'Bhalo Theko'.

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Talking about her Hindi film career, she got the Filmfare Award for Best Debut from the film 'Parineeta' which came in the year 2005. After this, she appeared with Sanjay Dutt in the film 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai' and this film gave her a different identity in the Hindi cinema. After this, she did films like Guru, Salaam-e-Ishq, Heyy Baby and Bhiil Bhulaiyya. These were films in which her work was highly appreciated but she was moving into Hindi cinema wanting to do something different. She wanted to make the film a hit on her own. After doing films like Kismat Connection, Paa, Thank You and Dum Maro Dum, she got her own identity in the industry.

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One of her hits was 'The Dirty Picture'. Emraan Hashmi and Naseeruddin Shah worked in this film with her. In this film, Vidya showed her avatar in which the audience of Hindi cinema had never seen her. After this film, she started taking the risk that actresses rarely take in the Hindi cinema. Trying to make the film a hit on its own. She played a pregnant woman in the film 'Kahaani'. This role left an impression in the hearts of her fans. This film was so liked that its second part was also made.

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Vidya was trolled during her career for her growing weight but through films like Begum Jaan, Tumhari Sulu, and Mission Mangal, she has always proved that she has little courage to show. Talking about her upcoming films, she will appear in the film Shakuntala Devi in the year 2020.

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